One of the great things about going to see art in person is that you see so much more of the art. An enormous piece of art can be reduced to a little image on your screen or in a book. In person you can see the brushstrokes, the depth of paint and so much more! On a recent trip to MoMA (the Museum of Modern Art) I took photos of the complete work (far) and some close-ups (near). I thought you might enjoy seeing them! (It's a little Kandinsky heavy, but I can't help it. His work makes me so happy!)
It boggles my mind every time how something that looks simple is made up of so many colors, so much texture, and so many brush strokes. Kandinsky, in particular, is a master at creating compositions that are free and full of joy and yet a closer look reveals how carefully put together they are.
In my own work I'm seeking this duality — simple and clear images with energy and a point-of-view, created with complex layers of color and exact choices.
Viewing art in person really is amazing. If you have an art museum of any kind around you, I strongly recommend a visit. I know that every time I travel, making it to the local art museum is always at the top of my to-do list! If you don't have a museum, try a gallery. It's staggering how much you can learn simply from looking at art up close and personal!
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I don’t mind your blogpost Kadinsky-heavy 😉
Wish I could visit the MoMa one day!
I don’t mind your blogpost Kadinsky-heavy 😉
Wish I could visit the MoMa one day!
I don’t mind your blogpost Kadinsky-heavy 😉
Wish I could visit the MoMa one day!
I don’t mind your blogpost Kadinsky-heavy 😉
Wish I could visit the MoMa one day!
I don’t mind your blogpost Kadinsky-heavy 😉
Wish I could visit the MoMa one day!
Texture galore! I just love all those brush strokes for the trees and leaves on that last painting. TFS
Texture galore! I just love all those brush strokes for the trees and leaves on that last painting. TFS
Texture galore! I just love all those brush strokes for the trees and leaves on that last painting. TFS
Texture galore! I just love all those brush strokes for the trees and leaves on that last painting. TFS
Texture galore! I just love all those brush strokes for the trees and leaves on that last painting. TFS
My son (12) and I were visiting NYC in Sept. and went to MOMA and to the Guggenheim. He pronounced a Kandinsky there (at the Guggenheim, in a special exhibit) the best painting he’d ever seen. I love Kandinsky too. Thanks for sharing these.
My son (12) and I were visiting NYC in Sept. and went to MOMA and to the Guggenheim. He pronounced a Kandinsky there (at the Guggenheim, in a special exhibit) the best painting he’d ever seen. I love Kandinsky too. Thanks for sharing these.
My son (12) and I were visiting NYC in Sept. and went to MOMA and to the Guggenheim. He pronounced a Kandinsky there (at the Guggenheim, in a special exhibit) the best painting he’d ever seen. I love Kandinsky too. Thanks for sharing these.
My son (12) and I were visiting NYC in Sept. and went to MOMA and to the Guggenheim. He pronounced a Kandinsky there (at the Guggenheim, in a special exhibit) the best painting he’d ever seen. I love Kandinsky too. Thanks for sharing these.
My son (12) and I were visiting NYC in Sept. and went to MOMA and to the Guggenheim. He pronounced a Kandinsky there (at the Guggenheim, in a special exhibit) the best painting he’d ever seen. I love Kandinsky too. Thanks for sharing these.
Thanks for sharing. His work is awesome.
Thanks for sharing. His work is awesome.
Thanks for sharing. His work is awesome.
Thanks for sharing. His work is awesome.
Thanks for sharing. His work is awesome.
Wonderful! Thanks for the tour. I have not seen these before.
Wonderful! Thanks for the tour. I have not seen these before.
Wonderful! Thanks for the tour. I have not seen these before.
Wonderful! Thanks for the tour. I have not seen these before.
Wonderful! Thanks for the tour. I have not seen these before.
Great photos Julie! Texture is one of the things I’m always looking to incorporate into my art and those brush strokes are just breathtaking. Thanks for sharing.
Great photos Julie! Texture is one of the things I’m always looking to incorporate into my art and those brush strokes are just breathtaking. Thanks for sharing.
Great photos Julie! Texture is one of the things I’m always looking to incorporate into my art and those brush strokes are just breathtaking. Thanks for sharing.
Great photos Julie! Texture is one of the things I’m always looking to incorporate into my art and those brush strokes are just breathtaking. Thanks for sharing.
Great photos Julie! Texture is one of the things I’m always looking to incorporate into my art and those brush strokes are just breathtaking. Thanks for sharing.
I like your Kandinsky near photos a lot!!!
I like your Kandinsky near photos a lot!!!
I like your Kandinsky near photos a lot!!!
I like your Kandinsky near photos a lot!!!
I like your Kandinsky near photos a lot!!!
Oh my Gosh! I could spend hours in museums. I love love love the paintings! Near and Far!
Oh my Gosh! I could spend hours in museums. I love love love the paintings! Near and Far!
Oh my Gosh! I could spend hours in museums. I love love love the paintings! Near and Far!
Oh my Gosh! I could spend hours in museums. I love love love the paintings! Near and Far!
Oh my Gosh! I could spend hours in museums. I love love love the paintings! Near and Far!
Such beautiful art Julie! Thank you for sharing with us. I would die if I could go to the museum of Modern Art. I loved all of the paintings you posted. My favorite two are the last two. They remind me so much of what Monet did later on with his art. When his eyesight started to go, just look at what he created! If I remember, he once mentioned that he painted what “wasn’t there” as opposed to what “was there”. but anyway, I want those last two paintings! LOL They would go into my living room, where the sunlight could hit them in the morning. Thank you thank you so much Julie for taking us on a trip to the art museum. God bless you! I hope you do it again. I would love to see more.
love and Merry Christmas!
Such beautiful art Julie! Thank you for sharing with us. I would die if I could go to the museum of Modern Art. I loved all of the paintings you posted. My favorite two are the last two. They remind me so much of what Monet did later on with his art. When his eyesight started to go, just look at what he created! If I remember, he once mentioned that he painted what “wasn’t there” as opposed to what “was there”. but anyway, I want those last two paintings! LOL They would go into my living room, where the sunlight could hit them in the morning. Thank you thank you so much Julie for taking us on a trip to the art museum. God bless you! I hope you do it again. I would love to see more.
love and Merry Christmas!
Such beautiful art Julie! Thank you for sharing with us. I would die if I could go to the museum of Modern Art. I loved all of the paintings you posted. My favorite two are the last two. They remind me so much of what Monet did later on with his art. When his eyesight started to go, just look at what he created! If I remember, he once mentioned that he painted what “wasn’t there” as opposed to what “was there”. but anyway, I want those last two paintings! LOL They would go into my living room, where the sunlight could hit them in the morning. Thank you thank you so much Julie for taking us on a trip to the art museum. God bless you! I hope you do it again. I would love to see more.
love and Merry Christmas!
Such beautiful art Julie! Thank you for sharing with us. I would die if I could go to the museum of Modern Art. I loved all of the paintings you posted. My favorite two are the last two. They remind me so much of what Monet did later on with his art. When his eyesight started to go, just look at what he created! If I remember, he once mentioned that he painted what “wasn’t there” as opposed to what “was there”. but anyway, I want those last two paintings! LOL They would go into my living room, where the sunlight could hit them in the morning. Thank you thank you so much Julie for taking us on a trip to the art museum. God bless you! I hope you do it again. I would love to see more.
love and Merry Christmas!
Such beautiful art Julie! Thank you for sharing with us. I would die if I could go to the museum of Modern Art. I loved all of the paintings you posted. My favorite two are the last two. They remind me so much of what Monet did later on with his art. When his eyesight started to go, just look at what he created! If I remember, he once mentioned that he painted what “wasn’t there” as opposed to what “was there”. but anyway, I want those last two paintings! LOL They would go into my living room, where the sunlight could hit them in the morning. Thank you thank you so much Julie for taking us on a trip to the art museum. God bless you! I hope you do it again. I would love to see more.
love and Merry Christmas!
the textures in these pieces is absolutely delicious!!
hope you have a great weekend, sweet art girl!! xox
the textures in these pieces is absolutely delicious!!
hope you have a great weekend, sweet art girl!! xox
the textures in these pieces is absolutely delicious!!
hope you have a great weekend, sweet art girl!! xox
the textures in these pieces is absolutely delicious!!
hope you have a great weekend, sweet art girl!! xox
the textures in these pieces is absolutely delicious!!
hope you have a great weekend, sweet art girl!! xox
Thank you so much for sharing Julie! Living so far away from a museum, I felt so inspired and was filled with gratitude that you shared your visit to the MOMA with us I love Kandinsky’s work as well as Monet’s water lilies and the beautiful art of interior decorative still life. You are so awesome! Wishing you many blessings in the New Year. With so much gratitude!
Thank you so much for sharing Julie! Living so far away from a museum, I felt so inspired and was filled with gratitude that you shared your visit to the MOMA with us I love Kandinsky’s work as well as Monet’s water lilies and the beautiful art of interior decorative still life. You are so awesome! Wishing you many blessings in the New Year. With so much gratitude!
Thank you so much for sharing Julie! Living so far away from a museum, I felt so inspired and was filled with gratitude that you shared your visit to the MOMA with us I love Kandinsky’s work as well as Monet’s water lilies and the beautiful art of interior decorative still life. You are so awesome! Wishing you many blessings in the New Year. With so much gratitude!
Thank you so much for sharing Julie! Living so far away from a museum, I felt so inspired and was filled with gratitude that you shared your visit to the MOMA with us I love Kandinsky’s work as well as Monet’s water lilies and the beautiful art of interior decorative still life. You are so awesome! Wishing you many blessings in the New Year. With so much gratitude!
Thank you so much for sharing Julie! Living so far away from a museum, I felt so inspired and was filled with gratitude that you shared your visit to the MOMA with us I love Kandinsky’s work as well as Monet’s water lilies and the beautiful art of interior decorative still life. You are so awesome! Wishing you many blessings in the New Year. With so much gratitude!
Thanks for sharing your adventure. Love the art, love the photos.
Thanks for sharing your adventure. Love the art, love the photos.
Thanks for sharing your adventure. Love the art, love the photos.
Thanks for sharing your adventure. Love the art, love the photos.
Thanks for sharing your adventure. Love the art, love the photos.
Oh Julie! This post just makes my heart swoon! Thank you for doing this, for taking the time to post this for those of us too far away to see these masterpieces!
Oh Julie! This post just makes my heart swoon! Thank you for doing this, for taking the time to post this for those of us too far away to see these masterpieces!
Oh Julie! This post just makes my heart swoon! Thank you for doing this, for taking the time to post this for those of us too far away to see these masterpieces!
Oh Julie! This post just makes my heart swoon! Thank you for doing this, for taking the time to post this for those of us too far away to see these masterpieces!
Oh Julie! This post just makes my heart swoon! Thank you for doing this, for taking the time to post this for those of us too far away to see these masterpieces!
I always get left behind on family outings to the museum because I stay with each painting “too long.” Lol! But it is because I love to get up close and take in the layers, details, and brushstrokes, too. Clearly, I need to visit on my own or with my daughter. My son says, “Stop trying to enrich me! I’m fine!” Haha! Enjoyed this post, Julie! Thank you!
I always get left behind on family outings to the museum because I stay with each painting “too long.” Lol! But it is because I love to get up close and take in the layers, details, and brushstrokes, too. Clearly, I need to visit on my own or with my daughter. My son says, “Stop trying to enrich me! I’m fine!” Haha! Enjoyed this post, Julie! Thank you!
I always get left behind on family outings to the museum because I stay with each painting “too long.” Lol! But it is because I love to get up close and take in the layers, details, and brushstrokes, too. Clearly, I need to visit on my own or with my daughter. My son says, “Stop trying to enrich me! I’m fine!” Haha! Enjoyed this post, Julie! Thank you!
I always get left behind on family outings to the museum because I stay with each painting “too long.” Lol! But it is because I love to get up close and take in the layers, details, and brushstrokes, too. Clearly, I need to visit on my own or with my daughter. My son says, “Stop trying to enrich me! I’m fine!” Haha! Enjoyed this post, Julie! Thank you!
I always get left behind on family outings to the museum because I stay with each painting “too long.” Lol! But it is because I love to get up close and take in the layers, details, and brushstrokes, too. Clearly, I need to visit on my own or with my daughter. My son says, “Stop trying to enrich me! I’m fine!” Haha! Enjoyed this post, Julie! Thank you!
Hi, Thanks for showing the Moma art. Just beauitful.
Enjoyed it.
Hi, Thanks for showing the Moma art. Just beauitful.
Enjoyed it.
Hi, Thanks for showing the Moma art. Just beauitful.
Enjoyed it.
Hi, Thanks for showing the Moma art. Just beauitful.
Enjoyed it.
Hi, Thanks for showing the Moma art. Just beauitful.
Enjoyed it.
Thanks for sharing. I LOVE kandinsky so it was great to see his work
Lin
Thanks for sharing. I LOVE kandinsky so it was great to see his work
Lin
Thanks for sharing. I LOVE kandinsky so it was great to see his work
Lin
Thanks for sharing. I LOVE kandinsky so it was great to see his work
Lin
Thanks for sharing. I LOVE kandinsky so it was great to see his work
Lin
Thanks for bringing a little piece of MOMA right to me. I love how you captured the brushstrokes. They’re my favorite part of a painting. They help me believe it was created by a real person and not magic!
Thanks for bringing a little piece of MOMA right to me. I love how you captured the brushstrokes. They’re my favorite part of a painting. They help me believe it was created by a real person and not magic!
Thanks for bringing a little piece of MOMA right to me. I love how you captured the brushstrokes. They’re my favorite part of a painting. They help me believe it was created by a real person and not magic!
Thanks for bringing a little piece of MOMA right to me. I love how you captured the brushstrokes. They’re my favorite part of a painting. They help me believe it was created by a real person and not magic!
Thanks for bringing a little piece of MOMA right to me. I love how you captured the brushstrokes. They’re my favorite part of a painting. They help me believe it was created by a real person and not magic!
Thanks so much for taking us on occasional trips to the wonderful museums. I live in a rural area & don’t have access to these great places. So I love the mini-trips on your blog!
Thanks so much for taking us on occasional trips to the wonderful museums. I live in a rural area & don’t have access to these great places. So I love the mini-trips on your blog!
Thanks so much for taking us on occasional trips to the wonderful museums. I live in a rural area & don’t have access to these great places. So I love the mini-trips on your blog!
Thanks so much for taking us on occasional trips to the wonderful museums. I live in a rural area & don’t have access to these great places. So I love the mini-trips on your blog!
Thanks so much for taking us on occasional trips to the wonderful museums. I live in a rural area & don’t have access to these great places. So I love the mini-trips on your blog!
julie, i did this near and far thing too when i went to the MoMa. my photos didn’t turn out as well as yours because i was in a hurry trying to do too many. i liked the kandinsky section. i was also thrilled to see chagall in person, for the first time. 🙂
julie, i did this near and far thing too when i went to the MoMa. my photos didn’t turn out as well as yours because i was in a hurry trying to do too many. i liked the kandinsky section. i was also thrilled to see chagall in person, for the first time. 🙂
julie, i did this near and far thing too when i went to the MoMa. my photos didn’t turn out as well as yours because i was in a hurry trying to do too many. i liked the kandinsky section. i was also thrilled to see chagall in person, for the first time. 🙂
julie, i did this near and far thing too when i went to the MoMa. my photos didn’t turn out as well as yours because i was in a hurry trying to do too many. i liked the kandinsky section. i was also thrilled to see chagall in person, for the first time. 🙂
julie, i did this near and far thing too when i went to the MoMa. my photos didn’t turn out as well as yours because i was in a hurry trying to do too many. i liked the kandinsky section. i was also thrilled to see chagall in person, for the first time. 🙂
Oh My what a treat!! Thanks for taking the time to post this – I have coffe with your email every morning and I am always inspired by something!
Oh My what a treat!! Thanks for taking the time to post this – I have coffe with your email every morning and I am always inspired by something!
Oh My what a treat!! Thanks for taking the time to post this – I have coffe with your email every morning and I am always inspired by something!
Oh My what a treat!! Thanks for taking the time to post this – I have coffe with your email every morning and I am always inspired by something!
Oh My what a treat!! Thanks for taking the time to post this – I have coffe with your email every morning and I am always inspired by something!
I didn’t know Kandinsky did paintings like the top one, which I think is my favorite!
One of the best things I ever did was go to a Van Gogh exhibit with my DH. UnBeLievAble! The eyes, in particular, in his paintings have such depth.
Thank you for sharing you trip with us!
I didn’t know Kandinsky did paintings like the top one, which I think is my favorite!
One of the best things I ever did was go to a Van Gogh exhibit with my DH. UnBeLievAble! The eyes, in particular, in his paintings have such depth.
Thank you for sharing you trip with us!
I didn’t know Kandinsky did paintings like the top one, which I think is my favorite!
One of the best things I ever did was go to a Van Gogh exhibit with my DH. UnBeLievAble! The eyes, in particular, in his paintings have such depth.
Thank you for sharing you trip with us!
I didn’t know Kandinsky did paintings like the top one, which I think is my favorite!
One of the best things I ever did was go to a Van Gogh exhibit with my DH. UnBeLievAble! The eyes, in particular, in his paintings have such depth.
Thank you for sharing you trip with us!
I didn’t know Kandinsky did paintings like the top one, which I think is my favorite!
One of the best things I ever did was go to a Van Gogh exhibit with my DH. UnBeLievAble! The eyes, in particular, in his paintings have such depth.
Thank you for sharing you trip with us!
Thats not a Kandinsky. Only the three abstracts are Kandinksy. 🙂
Thats not a Kandinsky. Only the three abstracts are Kandinksy. 🙂
Thats not a Kandinsky. Only the three abstracts are Kandinksy. 🙂
Thats not a Kandinsky. Only the three abstracts are Kandinksy. 🙂
Thats not a Kandinsky. Only the three abstracts are Kandinksy. 🙂
I have noticed this phenomenon. I actually had never been to an art museum before about a month ago when we went to the Portland Art Museum on a field trip. Though I’d seen some of the paintings and statues before in textbooks (Monet, Picasso, Greek statues, etc), it was truly different seeing it in person. I don’t think I’d have believed the difference had I not experienced it!
I have noticed this phenomenon. I actually had never been to an art museum before about a month ago when we went to the Portland Art Museum on a field trip. Though I’d seen some of the paintings and statues before in textbooks (Monet, Picasso, Greek statues, etc), it was truly different seeing it in person. I don’t think I’d have believed the difference had I not experienced it!
I have noticed this phenomenon. I actually had never been to an art museum before about a month ago when we went to the Portland Art Museum on a field trip. Though I’d seen some of the paintings and statues before in textbooks (Monet, Picasso, Greek statues, etc), it was truly different seeing it in person. I don’t think I’d have believed the difference had I not experienced it!
I have noticed this phenomenon. I actually had never been to an art museum before about a month ago when we went to the Portland Art Museum on a field trip. Though I’d seen some of the paintings and statues before in textbooks (Monet, Picasso, Greek statues, etc), it was truly different seeing it in person. I don’t think I’d have believed the difference had I not experienced it!
I have noticed this phenomenon. I actually had never been to an art museum before about a month ago when we went to the Portland Art Museum on a field trip. Though I’d seen some of the paintings and statues before in textbooks (Monet, Picasso, Greek statues, etc), it was truly different seeing it in person. I don’t think I’d have believed the difference had I not experienced it!